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Texas Occupations Code - Section 107.052. Limitations On Prescription Or Administration Of Dangerous Drug Or Controlled Substance

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§ 107.052. LIMITATIONS ON PRESCRIPTION OR ADMINISTRATION 
OF DANGEROUS DRUG OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.  This chapter does not 
authorize a physician to prescribe or administer to a person a 
dangerous drug or controlled substance:
		(1)  for a purpose that is not a legitimate medical 
purpose as defined by the board;  and
		(2)  if the physician knows or should know the person is 
using drugs for a nontherapeutic purpose.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, § 14.002(a), eff. Sept. 
1, 2003.

Last modified: August 10, 2007